Ironing-board



(No Model.)

J. D. TALBQTT.

IRONING BOARD.

No. 271567. Patented Feb.6,1883.

WITNESSES IJV'VEJVTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. TALBOTT, OF BARNESVILLE, OHIO.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,667, dated February 6, 1883,

Application filed February 11, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN D. TALBOT'I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barnesville, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my ironing board or table, showing it as applied for use. Fig.

2 is a plan view; and Fig. 3 is also aside view of the same,-sbowing a modified form of the board-cleats and an additional cleat in dotted lines.

In this class of devices convenience and facility in adjusting the board to the tableor other support and adapting it to accommodate the height of the person using it are greatly desirable. .These objects are attained by my invention; and it therefore consists of aboard or table having cleats affixed to its underside and projecting beyond one end, combined with a pivoted or hinged leg or prop whose upper end is adapted to extend above the board and bear upon the edge ofthe table or support to which it is intended to secure the board, and in details of construction, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To carry out my invention I employ, as will be seen by reference to the accompanying drawings, a board or table, A, made in the usual manner of making ironing boards or tables. To the under side of this board A is atfixed two cleats or bars, B, projecting beyondone end thereof. These bars or cleats B fit upon the'under side of the table or other support against which the board may be adjusted, which permits the abutting of the end of the board against the support to raise it to a level therewith. If a more elevated position of the board is required, the cleats'may be built up, as at 1), directly underneath the board, or they may be thickenedin depth and their projecting portions be cut away to cause the upper surfaces thereof to stand below the lower edge or side of the board, as seen in Fig. 3, the distance it is required to elevate the board above its support or the height of the person using it.

Gis a leg or prop pivoted or hinged at a point between the cleats B, underneath the board, and having its upper end capable of moving in a slot, 0, in the forward or cleated end of the board as the board is adjusted in position against the table or other support. When the board A is to be secured in position the leg or prop G is swung forward or downward, which elevates its upperend, and the forward end of the board placed against. the table or other support, which will permit the passing of the projecting portions of the cleats underheath the table. The leg is then forced for- .ward against the floor,which will have the effect to clamp its upper end and the cleats against the table or support, and thus, without other means of fastening, secure the board in position.

height of the ironingboard may be regulated to adapt it to be used by ditferent persons, and this without regard to or requiring any change presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. TALBOIT.

Witnesses A. KELLEY,

J OHN M. GARDNER.

By adding or removing the cleats B the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in in the height of the table to which the board 

